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Today's Football 2018-19 Season

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Loving the faux outrage on Bielsa. The only reason other clubs don't do it is because the risk isn't worth the reward - if they thought it was worthwhile, the FA would build stands at opposition training grounds for spies to sit on for the "top four".

The corruption, tapping up and overall nonsense that is football is what it is - don't be outraged at one aspect of it if you're happy to ignore everything else equally bad or, let's face it, much worse in order to keep the money train running.
 

Tubey said:
Loving the faux outrage on Bielsa. The only reason other clubs don't do it is because the risk isn't worth the reward - if they thought it was worthwhile, the FA would build stands at opposition training grounds for spies to sit on for the "top four".

The corruption, tapping up and overall nonsense that is football is what it is - don't be outraged at one aspect of it if you're happy to ignore everything else equally bad or, let's face it, much worse in order to keep the money train running.
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Yes there would absolutely be an element of just picking one malpractice out of so many and making an example of it, although the consistent or at least hardening line to tapping up misdemeanors, or worse, is an example of how certain modes of behaviour can become morally unacceptable regardless of whether its even-handed or fair.

It would also be highly remiss not to take into account the tendency of any cause taken up by social media nowadays to gather momentum and snowball until it almost becomes unstoppable and makes it imperative for someone in authority to be seen to act however out of proportion the outrage possibly is. Fairness doesn't always enter into it.

(this is meant in a sporting context and obviously not with more serious issues)

So pressure could mount on Bielsa despite results.

His job looks safe though as Leeds' owners are possibly the real culprits

Their chairman Andrea Radrizzani is the Italian businessman who headed up the football streaming service Eleven Sports who had threatened to break precedent by showing Spanish Saturday 3pm kick offs before his company ran into trouble.

There were rumours that Leeds' promotion push might be derailed by the potential closure of Eleven Sports UK, although they now appear unfounded.

He seems a bit of a cowboy to me
 
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